A Summer Hello
Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! Please join me in welcoming back very special guest Elena Roussakis with this absolutely darling Summer card featuring an adorable Rhino from Neat & Tangled’s Beach Day set. Read on for more info and enjoy!
Hi there! My name is Elena, and I’m thrilled to be back on the SSS blog sharing a fun summer card with you! I love guesting on the Simon Says blog, because when I do, I have all the freedom to mix and match sets across companies – can’t do that on design team assignments!
Have you checked out the new Avery Elle release? You should! I plan on putting a ton of critters in kiddie pools for the next little while. ha! On this card, I snipped the rhino’s legs from the knees down and stuck him into the wading pool. The rhino is my own illustration, so I’m a little biased, but I still think he’s so cute!
To complete the summer scene, I added a little beach umbrella and sunscreen bottle from the newest Lawn Fawn collection. I just love that little bottle of tanning lotion! I also used Lawn Fawn dies to create a gorgeous backdrop for the images. I layered the Sunrise Border over a stitched cloud backdrop, and added a strip of grass under the kiddie pool. All of the dies were colored using blending brushes and Lawn Fawn inks. If you’re not using these blending brushes, I can’t recommend them enough! I used to be very blender-challenged. Now, it’s pretty much fool-proof.
I hope you like what I created for you today, and thanks for stopping by!
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Adorable card! Fabulous layers and details. Super cute Rhino :)
Such a sweet cute card! :)
Your little rhino is so very cute (also love the elephant in that set ?)! Overall beautifully designed card
Super Cute!
Great card using multiple stamp company images and dies!
So cute!
How cute! Love
the background
and great way to
use the Hippo.
Carla from Utah
Super duper adorable card!
Thanks for sharing.
Oh man, his little water wings are too much! ? love this card!
Such a cute stamp, love the summery card.
Super fun summer card, I love beaches.
This beach scene is adorable, love that sunrise border die.
What an adorable happy card. And, your rhino is so cute. Thanks for sharing your talents!
Such an adorable card!
What a incredibly cute card Elena, I love it!
Thank you so much for sharing your gorgeous inspiration, have a great day.
I like that die for the sun rays! This is a fab layout! TFS
aww this is just delightful – love this little scene:)
So cute! Thank you for sharing your idea!
Love that cute little Rhino!
Super cute, love all the animals in the set.
What a GREAT sunshine and background! I Love those dies and cute hippo!
Somehow it’s hard to imagine a rhino in a kiddie pool but this is just the sweetest card!!!
So cute!
The rhino is cute, great illustration! Love the sun in the background!
That’s such a fun card. I love the colors and that rhino is adorable.
This is such a cute card!!
So cute and colorful. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Oh my gosh, I LOVE that little guy. Rhinos have always been a favorite of mine, and this guy is just too much. The whole scene is adorable!
love Love LOVE this super cute card!!!!
Cute card! I love how you used all the different stamp sets!
Perfect for summer. He’s ready, and I am too. Great card to send to friends inviting them to swim.
Such an adorable card! Perfect for summer!
So adorable!!
CUTE card!!!
Pool Party! Love your little rhino and the use of all your neat layers of this card.
That Lawn Fawn background is the perfect Sunday for this card. So sweet and cute
The little waterwings on the rhino are the very best! Cute, cute, cute❣️
Adorable scene Elena! TFS!
This is totally adorable! Love it!
What a cute card! I love the added dimension of the sunrise border die!
So cute!
OMGosh this is so CUTE!! I don’t have any rhino stamps and I LOVE this one!!
A sweet card Elena and your rhino is adorable! Well done!
I would love to have these brushes, they look like a dream to use from everything I have seen. I am a bit challenged when it comes to blending also;)
So cute… but it’s only Tuesday! lol
Everybody into the pool! Even the Rhino…Ha! Love the background with clouds and the rays of the sun. Super cute.
Cute card.
Cute card…like the little SPF bottle beside the pool. tfs
An adorable summer card. Perfect for a little guy or girl.
Adorable card!
Adorable was the word that immediately popped into my mind and when I got to the comments section, I see the feeling was shared by many! These past few days we’ve needed rain umbrellas around here, but your card is a reminder that the sun will shine someday!